BlockZulu, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46773. The Survey maps it on the Maples quadrangle. It stands 774 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Maples quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Maples quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,124 words on this townshipHistory of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880; Valley of the Upper Maumee River, with Historical Account of Allen County and the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana, published 1889 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 3,124 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Zulu: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgerton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zulu in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zulu | $15,000 | A large pole barn had the entire metal roof ripped off and blown across the road towards the east. Debris struck and damaged 2 homes that were about 220 feet away. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Zulu | - | Amateur radio operators reported dime to quarter size hail lasting up to 5 minutes between US-30 and Tillman Road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zulu | - | A semi was blown off the road on US 30 near Webster Road. |
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Zulu | - | A survey of damage indicated a circulation touched down on Roussey Road, between Rorick and Howe Roads, where a barn door was ripped off and a large tree blown over. The tornado continued northeast destroying a barn. A home on the property suffered projectile damage from pieces of the barn into the roof as well as window damage. The last damage noted from the tornado was four open air train cars being blown off the tracks onto their sides. Debris from the barn was found near the location of where the tornado dissipated on Edgerton Road between Roussey and Sampson Roads. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Zulu | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tillman | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Townley | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Four Presidents Corners | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Maples | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Monroeville | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Edgerton | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Boston Corner | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Woodburn | 6.4 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Zulu | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8075183 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 446497. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.